Madurai
The Kerala police commandos allegedly shot dead four Maoists, including Manivasagam, after exchange of fire in Agali forests in Palakkad, last week.
The litigant S Anbarasan moved the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court seeking to grant 30-day parole for Manivasagam’s wife Kala and sister Chandra to attend the final rites of the slain Maoist. The petitioner stated that Kala and Chandra were arrested in Karur in 2016 for allegedly recruiting youths into the movement and presently lodged in Tiruchy Central Prison.
The petitioner said both Kala and Chandra were facing cases under sections 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC and under sections 18, 18A, 18B, 20 and 38 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
The petitioner claimed pursuant to the order of the Kerala HC, he and his relative Lakshmi identified the body of Manivasagam.
Hearing the case, a Division Bench comprising Justices S Vaidyanathan and N Anand Venkatesh directed the petitioner to make arrangements to bring the body of Manivasagam to his native Salem.
Once the body was brought, further orders would be passed with regard to granting permission to his wife and sister to attend the funeral.
The Court also directed the Salem Superintendent of Police to deploy adequate policemen to prevent any law and order problem during the funeral and adjourned the case.
Kerala HC stays cremation of encounter victims
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday stayed the cremation of bodies of the four Maoists killed in an encounter at Manjakkandi in Palakkad until further orders. Kin of the deceased had filed an appeal against the verdict of Palakkad sessions court granting permission to cremate the bodies. Earlier, the relatives of Karti and Manivasagam had approached the sessions court against cremating the bodies. The court had stayed cremation of the bodies for four days. After the stay order ended on Monday, it granted permission to cremate the bodies. Relatives of the Maoists approached the High Court against this order. The High Court directed the government to take steps to ensure that the bodies do not decompose. It ruled that the mystery regarding their deaths needs to be solved. The HC also asked the government to submit the post mortem and other related documents. The relatives have demanded to register a separate First Information Report and constitute a special investigation team to probe the encounter and the killing.
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